 The building of the Dordrechts Museum | |
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| Established | 1842 |
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| Location | Dordrecht,Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 51°48′50″N4°40′19″E / 51.81388°N 4.67194°E /51.81388; 4.67194 |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | c. 87.000 (2023) |
| Director | Femke Hameetman |
| Curator | Sander Paarlberg Wilma Sütö |
| Website | www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl |
Dordrechts Museum is anart museum inDordrecht,Netherlands.[1][2][3] The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries.[2] The permanent collection includes numerous paintings from theDutch Golden Age and thebaroque period, as well as a sizeable collection of landscape art and 19th century paintings.[2] The museum has been described as having one of the most important collections of Dutch Masters in the Netherlands with art on display fromAelbert Cuyp,Rembrandt,Jacob van Strij and others.[3]
The museum was established in 1842 by a group of five art collectors from the Dordrecht area.[4] It moved to its current location in 1904 taking over the converted building of a former asylum for the mentally ill.[3] However the building was expanded with a new wing to allow for temporary exhibitions, as well as better visitor facilities, including toilets, a shop and restaurant (the Grand Cafe).[3]
In 2015, the museum restituted to the heirs of Jacques Hederman a painting byJacob Cuyp (1594 – 1652) which had been looted by the Nazis. The museum then repurchased the painting.[5][6]
Since 2022, the artistic director has been Femke Hameetman.[7] She replaced Peter Schoon, who had been artistic director since 2002.[8] There are around 120 staff,[9] and a yearly budget of around 16 million Euros.[10] In 2023, the museum received 87,067 visitors.[10]
The museum has works of the following artists:
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